Follow the instructions below to prevent damage to your eye(s) or your lenses:
- DO NOT SLEEP IN YOUR CONTACT LENSES
- DO NOT WEAR LENSES FOR MORE THAN 10-12 HOURS PER DAY
- Always use fresh cleaning and disinfecting solution, change solution every night
- Do not use saliva or anything other than the solution recommended by our office for wetting
- Always keep your lenses completely immersed in the recommended storage solution when they are not being worn
- Always wash and rinse your hands thoroughly and dry with a lint free towel before you handle your lenses. Eye irritation may result if cosmetics, lotions, soaps, creams, or deodorants come in contact with your lenses, or if the lenses are contaminated by infectious or non-infectious dirt
- Avoid using aerosol products such as hair spray while wearing your lenses. If hair spray is used, keep your eyes closed until the spray has settled, otherwise, the lenses may be damaged
- Do not swim with your lenses in place
- Always inform your doctor that you wear contact lenses
- Always consult with the office before using any medicine in your eyes
- Do not use water to clean or soak your lenses
Directions for cleaning of 2 week or 1 month disposable contact lenses:
- Remove surface debris by rinsing thoroughly with the multi-purpose solution
- Place cleaned contact lenses in clean lens case and fill with multi-purpose solution. SOAK FOR AT LEAST FOUR HOURS.
- Your lenses are now ready to wear. No saline rinse is necessary, but certainly can be done to remove cleaning solution
- When you are not wearing your contact lenses, store in closed lens case. DO NOT store in ordinary saline solution. Saline solution will not disinfect your lenses.
Lens case cleaning and maintenance
Contact lens cases can be a source of bacterial growth. Lens cases should be emptied, cleaned, and rinsed with solution recommended by the lens case manufacturer, and allowed to air dry. When you are wearing your lenses, the case should be empty, add solution when you remove the lenses from your eyes. Cases should be replaced at regular intervals, every three months.
What solutions to use to clean and store your contacts:
For two weeks and one month disposable contacts:
ReNu- Multiplus
Optifree- Replenish or Express
Complete
All above are 'NO RUB" and multipurpose solutions.
For three month disposable or yearly contacts:
Clear Care
Aosept
If your contacts are feeling dry, you can use rewetting drops:
Blink
Blink-n-clean
ReNu rewetting drops
Refresh contacts
Contact lens cases can be a source of bacterial growth. Lens cases should be emptied, cleaned, and rinsed with solution recommended by the lens case manufacturer, and allowed to air dry. When you are wearing your lenses, the case should be empty, add solution when you remove the lenses from your eyes. Cases should be replaced at regular intervals, every three months.
What solutions to use to clean and store your contacts:
For two weeks and one month disposable contacts:
ReNu- Multiplus
Optifree- Replenish or Express
Complete
All above are 'NO RUB" and multipurpose solutions.
For three month disposable or yearly contacts:
Clear Care
Aosept
If your contacts are feeling dry, you can use rewetting drops:
Blink
Blink-n-clean
ReNu rewetting drops
Refresh contacts
The following are good habits to start:
- Always wash and rinse your hands before you handle your lenses
- Clean, rinse, and disinfect your lenses each time you remove them
- Always handle the same lens, the right or the left, first in order to avoid mix-ups
- After use, always empty and rinse the lenses with solution
- Always replace your lenses on the same day each time, such as the first and the fifteenth of each month, or every other Saturday, or whatever fits your schedule.
If any of the following occur, immediatly remove your contacts and call the office:
- Eyes sting, burn, or itch (irritation)
- Comfort is less than when the lens was first placed in the eye
- Feeling of something in the eye (foreign body, scratched area)
- Excessive watering (tearing) of the eye
- Unusual eye secretions
- Redness of the eye
- Reduced sharpness of vision
- Sensitivity to light
- Dry eye
